Phonograph-horn.



No. 829,066. PATENTED AUG. 21., i906.

W. S. FBRNAN. I PHONOGRAPH HORN.

APPLIoATIoN FILED JA.N1*5.1906.

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Specication of Letters Patent.

`Eatented flug.' 21 1906.

Application leci January 15, 1906. Serial No. 296,076.`

To a/ZZ whom it may concern.- v

Be it known that l, WALTER S. Flinn AN, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of Kings and State oi New York, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Phonograph-llorns, of which the following is a speeiiication, such as will enable those skilled in thevart to which use the same. vThis inventionrelates to the deliveryhorns of yphonograpliis and other machines oi' this class; and the object thereof is to 'provide a delivery-horn tor machines oi the class specified which will do away with the mechanical, harsh, and metallic sounds usually produced in the operation of such machines and also land continuous volume of sound in 'which the articulation is clear, iull, and distinct, a further cbiectbeing,` to provide a horn oi the class specified which is other vfibrous matcrial; and with these and other objects in view the invention consists in a h, rn oi the class speciiicd constructed as hereinafter described and claimed. l

The invention is fully disclosed in the lollo'wing specification, oi which the accompa nying drawings Jform a part, in which the sepy designated by suitable reference characters in each oi the views, and ,in whichf Figure i is a side view,partly in section, of

. my improved delivery-horn for phonographs a deliveryhorn a.

and similar machines, and Fig, 2 a transverse section of the horn on'the line 2 2 or" Fig. il

In the practice ot my invention l provide for phonographs and other talking-machines or music-reproducingl inachinos provided at its smaller end with the usual nozzle-piece l), by means of which connection is made with the machine in the usual manner, and in the torni ci construction shown a suppiemen tal horn-piece c is employed between the body portion oi the horn and the nozzle-piece t and in which the noszle-piece t is secured, the supplemental piece serving as means tor connecting the body portion oi the horn with the nozzle-piece, and the smaller end oi the horn is also provided with a shield or covering d, which extends, in the iorm of construction shown, from the smaller end orB the piece c a predetermined distance along the smaller end of the horn and serves as a reinforcement therefor.

The body portieri of the horn is composed of a plurality of longitudinal ribs e, separated by tapering spaces from the smaller end to the larger end of the 1 horn, and these spaces are iilled in with web members j, composedot a plurality ot layers ol" wood or other ibrous material secured towhich gradually widen grcther, and the edges oi the said web meine bers nt in grooves c2, 'formed inthe opposite sides of the rib members c. 'in the form ot construction shown the web members f are composed of three separate layers'oi material; but it will be apparent that other numbers of layers oi material may be employed, and the said layers of material are in practice, if more than one layer be employed, secured togetherbeiore the said webinemb ers secured in place between the .ribs c.

All the parts ei my improved horn, include ing the nozzle-piece o, the short tube member c, and the shield or covering d, are composed of' wood or other fibrous material, and my in vention is not limited to the use oi the part c; but l prefer touse said part, as it forms a reinforcement and strengthening*device for the smaller end oi the horn.

A horn ymade in this manner'will not Fproduce the harsh metallic and other objectionable sounds usually produced by the delivery-horns of instruments or machines ot the class specified, and changes in and modifications of theconstruction described may be m ade without departing trom the spirit of my invention or sacrificing its 'dvantages.

Having fully described myinventiori, what l claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- V 1. A delivery n rn tor phonographs and similar machines, the body portion oi which is composed ot longitudinal ribs having oppo sitely-disposed side grooves, and tapering webs secured in said grooves, substantially as shown and described.

2, A delivery-horn similar machines, the body portion ot which is composed oilongitudinal ribs having oppositely-disposed side grooves, and tapering webs secured in said grooves, said webs being composed oiseparate layers ot material, sub

, stantially as shown and described for phonographs and' IOO 5 Webs secured in said grooves,'sad ribs and i. Correction' iin LeitersA Patent NQ., 829,066.

y is composed of longitudine 3. A delivery-hom for phonogaphs and similar machines, the bod portion of which ribs having eppositely-disposed side grooves, and tapering myinirention I have signed mynaine, in presence ofthe subscribing Witnesses, this 13th 1- day of January, 1906.

WALTER S. FERNAN.

Witnesses: Y

F. A. STEWART. C. E. MULREANY said webs being composed of fibrous materiel, substantially es shown and described.

In testimony their, I olalm the foregoing es l It is hereby certified `l[hat the marne of the ptentee in Letters Patent No. 829,066. .granted August 21.1906, for Ian improvetdent in 'Phonograph-Horns, was erroneously written and printed Walter S. Fernahvlieres said name should have' been Written and printed Wzilzfm`V S. Fernau; and Vthan', the said Letters i?atent should be read with this correct-ionitherein that/the same may conform to the record of the' casein the Patent Oiice. I i i I i l I Signed and sealed'his 425th day of February, A. D., 1908.

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- Acting CoWmssrione71 of Plnts. 

